Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal - BBC Sport BBC Sport Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal By Matt Slater BBC Sport at London Velodrome 7 Aug 2012 Media playback is not supported on this device Trott blasts to stunning omnium gold Britain's Laura Trott won a superb second gold medal of the Games with victory in the women's omnium. Having claimed gold in the women's team pursuit on Saturday, she is now a double Olympic and world champion at just 20 years of age. Media playback is not supported on this device Trott delighted with second gold medal "I can't believe this has happened to me," said Trott, who finished with a total of 18 points. "I'm peaking at the right time and it's all thanks to the coaches, and the support of the crowd and my family." The overnight leader in the multi-discipline event, Trott dropped back into second place behind American Sarah Hammer in Tuesday's opening session. Hammer stretched her lead to two points in the penultimate event, the scratch race, but Trott produced an Olympic record for the 500m time trial to snatch the gold.

That relegated 28-year-old Hammer to the second step of the podium, with Australia's Annette Edmondson taking the bronze. 2012 track cycling golds Women's omnium: Laura Trott (Gbr) With the winner of each event in track cycling's version of the decathlon getting one point, the second-placed rider scoring two points and so on, Trott needed to beat Hammer by three clear places to win the inaugural women's Olympic omnium title. That is what happened at the World Championships in Melbourne in April, but so close were the two riders that many suspected the result here would be a tie, meaning the medal would be decided by the cumulative total of their three timed rides, the 250m flying lap, the 3,000m individual pursuit and the 500m time trial. That would give Hammer a 0.681 second advantage going into the time trial. However, when French sprinter Clara Sanchez laid down an early marker of 35.451 it looked like Hammer was going to have to go considerably quicker than ever before, with Trott, a more accomplished sprinter, favourite to win the final discipline.

Edmondson's 35.140 then gave Trott the opportunity to put three places between herself and Hammer - the leading pair the last to ride - and she did not disappoint the raucous velodrome crowd. Her 35.110 was another Olympic record for the dominant British track cycling team. "I came into today not feeling as good as yesterday and to finish off with that last 500m is unbelievable," added Trott, who won three of the six events, was second in another and third in a fifth. She has now won eight gold medals from eight opportunities at the three major championships she has been to. Final Results AP Britain's Laura Trott celebrates after winning the gold medal in the track cycling women's omnium event. Laura Trott of Britain won the final event of cycling's omnium Tuesday to overtake Sarah Hammer of the United States for the Olympic gold medal. Trott was trailing Hammer by two points heading into the last of six events, the 500-meter time trial, which meant she had to finish at least three spots better to win gold.

Golden Athletes of the London 2012 Games Trott won the race in 35.110 seconds while Hammer finished fourth in 35.900 seconds, giving Britain its sixth gold medal in eight events at the London Velodrome. Hammer added another silver medal to the one she picked up behind Britain in the team pursuit, and Annette Edmondson of Australia finished second in the time trial to clinch bronze. Top Moments From the 2012 London Olympics AP The newest event to the track cycling program, the omnium is similar to the heptathlon in track and field, or the individual medley in swimming. Its six events are spread over two days, with riders receiving one point for each position they finish in each race. The rider with the fewest points after all the events is the winner. Trott finished with 18 points. Hammer had 19 and Edmondson had 24. Trott and Hammer began the day tied with 12 points, but the British rider had shown perhaps a bit more speed during victories in the elimination race and flying lap on Monday.

The start of the second day of competition began with the 3,000-meter individual pursuit, which played right into the American's hands. The world record holder in the event, Hammer roared to a time of 3:29.554 that was nearly a second faster than Trott and moved her into the overall lead. Tara Whitten of Canada finished third to remain close heading into the scratch race. Trott and Hammer spent the first 15 laps of that 40-lap race safely in the bunch, only for Hammer to steal away on the attack. Trott reacted and the rest of the field quickly bunched back up. With about four laps remaining, Hammer positioned herself right behind Trott, keeping a close eye on her closest competition. Hammer went to the front with two laps remaining, but Edmondson sneaked in front of her around the final corner to win the race, with Trott left sprinting for third. That left Hammer with a two-point lead over Trott heading into the 500-meter time trial - two laps of the track to decide gold.

The far better sprinter, Trott covered the first 250 meters in 20.140 seconds, while Hammer only managed 20.828, their times on the velodrome screens generating a roar. Trott maintained her advantage over the second lap, and with the rest of the field already finished, the 20-year-old Trott anxiously looked up to see if she'd beaten Hammer by enough. It turned out she had - just barely. The reigning world champion picked up her second gold medal of the Olympics after joining with Joanna Rowsell and Dani King to win the team pursuit. She also extended the dominance of the home nation on the Siberian pine surface of the velodrome. Britain has the chance to eclipse its mark of seven gold medals won at the Beijing Games later Tuesday. Victoria Pendleton was contesting the women's sprint final against Australia's Anna Meares, and Chris Hoy was set to defend his title in the men's keirin.

Published at 12:27 PM CDT on Aug 7, 2012 | Updated at 12:39 PM CDT on Aug 7, 2012 Copyright Associated Press Laura Trott claims second gold medal of Track Cycling World Championships after omnium victory in London | Daily Mail Online Laura Trott claims second gold medal of Track Cycling World Championships after omnium victory in London Laura Trott won gold in the women's omnium at World Championships It comes after the 23-year-old won non-Olympic scratch race on Thursday Trott's gold was Great Britain's fourth of the five-day event in London She now has seven world titles, including three individual gold medals comments Laura Trott won her second gold medal of the Track Cycling World Championships in London with victory in the women's omnium on Sunday's final day. The 23-year-old, who won the non-Olympic scratch race on Thursday, enhanced her advantage with a mature display in the concluding points race to claim Britain's fourth gold of the five-day competition at the Lee Valley VeloPark where she won two Olympic gold medals in 2012.

She now has seven world titles, of which are three individual crowns, and a first omnium world victory since 2012, when she went on to win Olympic gold. She will hope for a repeat in Rio in August. Laura Trott collected her second gold medal of the World Track Cycling Championships in the omnium Trott finished with 201 points in the omnium race, which took place on the final day of competition in London Trott stands on the top step of the podium for the second time at the Championships on Sunday afternoon Trott returned to the Lee Valley VeloPark where she won two Olympic gold medals back in 2012 RELATED ARTICLES Share 56 shares Trott finished with 201 points and France's Laurie Berthon claimed silver on the last of 10 sprints in the points race to beat Sarah Hammer of the United States by one point. Berthon finished with 183 points to Hammer's 182. Trott had 184 points entering the concluding points race after consolidating her advantage in the fourth and fifth disciplines.

Trott was third in the 500metres time-trial and Hammer, the joint overnight leader, 10th. Trott is positioned at the centre of the pack during the omnium points scoring race She has long targeted Sir Chris Hoy's British record haul of six Olympic gold medals and moved within four of his World Championship tally of 11 with the victory. 'I love the number seven - I can retire happy now,' said Trott, who has four team pursuit world titles to her name and won bronze in the event on Friday. 'I might be able to do four in one go, because I could do the omnium, the team pursuit, the points race and the scratch.' It meant Trott opened up a 14-point lead ahead of the flying lap, the penultimate discipline. Trott was third and Hammer fifth, but Berthon's second second-place of the morning bumped her up to runner-up overall. The Briton won the first and fifth sprints to take a near unassailable lead which she protected to the finish. Trott's four other world titles came in the women's team pursuit. She was third in the event on Friday.

The delighted home crowd congratulate Trott as she rides on a lap of honour at Lee Valley VeloPark She then dived into the crowd to greet friend and family after her second World Championship win of the week Trott added: 'I'm just so happy. It's taken me four years to get a gold medal back in the omnium. It was just incredible. 'Last night I went to bed and I didn't really know what was going to happen. I was a little disappointed that I didn't win the elimination race. 'I rode stupidly. I should've taken Sarah down to the black line and I didn't. I took her up and I kept it fast. That is something that she's good at. I couldn't match her. '(I was) not angry, just disappointed. Elimination race is my thing. I really enjoy that event. I felt like the wind had been blown out of my sails a little bit. 'I had such a high after Jason won the sprint that I was buzzing and after that, I was 'oh, okay'. 'Today it was a new day, I woke up feeling really positive.' Trott was pleased with her points race performance. She added: 'I felt so good in that.

Paul (Manning, her coach) had said to me before the start 'take out the first points and you'll feel confident, you'll feel comfortable'. 'That's exactly what I did. After that I could ride my own race. I wasn't really bothered about what was going on with Sarah and Laurie because they were having their own battle.' The greatest Olympic couple ever: Jason Kenny wins sixth Olympic gold medal after partner Laura Trott claims omnium gold The greatest Olympic couple ever: Jason Kenny wins sixth Olympic gold medal after partner Laura Trott claims omnium gold Watch | Rio 2016 highlights of day 11: Team GB continue their golden streak 01:03 Jason Kenny wins a sixth gold medal following dramatic keirin final Laura Trott wins fourth Olympic gold medal of her career Rio Olympics 2016: All the latest news from day 11 in Brazil First the drama, then the tears, then the pure unbridled ecstasy.

An extraordinary six days in the velodrome ended on Tuesday night with GB’s golden couple from London 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, taking gold medals in the omnium and the keirin respectively to swell the GB riders’ medal tally at these Games to 12 in total, six of them gold. Laura Trott and Jason Kenny with part of their haul Credit: Getty Images That phenomenal haul helped to carry Team GB through their 48-medal pre-Rio target, making it the most successful foreign Games in the nation’s history with five days of the Games still remaining. It also meant that Kenny and Trott – who exploded into the national consciousness four years ago when they were pictured kissing behind David Beckham at the beach volleyball on Horse Guards Parade, became Great Britain’s most successful male and female Olympians in terms of gold medals won.

Jason Kenny claimed his sixth Olympic gold Credit: AP Photo Kenny equalled former team-mate and inspiration Sir Chris Hoy on six golds, with his third of the Rio Games – matching the Scot’s feat from Beijing 2008 – while his fiancée Trott reclaimed her place outright at the top of the women’s list with her fourth gold after Charlotte Dujardin had drawn level with her 24 hours earlier. Ten gold medals to stick in the sock drawer of their Cheshire home? Not bad for a couple aged 28 and 24 respectively. The mind-boggling statistics came amid huge drama with the keirin race – the final race of the programme – twice having to be restarted as the riders illegally passed the derny bike as it swung over with two laps remaining. Kenny appeared to be at fault for the first of those infractions and a hugely tense 10 minutes passed as back in the UK a nation held its collective breath, with even the 10 o’clock news waiting on the result. Iain Dyer, British Cycling’s head coach, was seen to march over to the commissaires with his laptop, looking concerned.

Kenny, the 28-year-old from Bolton, loves motorbikes but it would have been the ultimate irony had he been disqualified for overtaking one. Eventually Kenny won a reprieve and the race restarted only for the same thing to happen again, albeit Kenny did not appear to be at fault in any way this time. Becky James in action in the women's sprint Credit: REX/Shutterstock When the race did finally get under way properly, Kenny – sitting third wheel – showed all of the gas he had exhibited in the sprint and team sprint, surging around the outside of the field on the final bend to create British sporting history. Trott, watching on in agony, broke down in tears for a second time in the evening (having cried in her BBC interview following her omnium triumph) before climbing up onto the track to kiss her man with the crowd – largely British – whooping and cheering their approval. As Kenny went off to see his parents and prepare for his podium ceremony, Trott took to Twitter to express her hope for her as yet unborn progeny. “Arghhhh!!!!!! I love him to bits @JasonKenny107 !! Our kids have to get some of these genes right?!” she joked.

Rio 2016 | Men's Keirin Finals Trott and Kenny’s exploits – and those of Becky James and Katy Marchant, who took silver and bronze respectively in the women’s sprint last night – also saw GB’s cyclists, track and road, match their total medal haul of 12 from London 2012, with the BMX still to come on Friday when 2013 world champion Liam Phillips is hoping to swell that number. Grant Ferguson, GB’s lone mountain biker, is not expected to be in medal contention this weekend. But the way things are going perhaps even that might change. Earlier in the day, GB riders had seen their scintillating performances questioned yet again, German Olympic champion Kristina Vogel the latest to suggest there might be something “questionable” going on. Anna Meares, Victoria Pendleton’s great rival back in the day, made similar comments in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Laura Trott celebrates with her gold medal Credit: PA Wire “It’s been tough because you come in here with hope, and you come in here with strong performances at world level for a number of years and then at the Olympic Games it seems like you’re just not in competition with that nation,” the Australian said. “So they’ve got it together, and to be honest I’m not exactly sure what they’ve got together.” She later tweeted to say she had not intended to insinuate anything. But it hardly took the gloss off GB’s day. Dyer described the comments as “a shame” but insisted GB were guilty of no more than peaking at the right time, as opposed to the opposition “who haven’t shown up”. “That’s the bottom line,” he added. Women's omnium final standings Trott certainly did. Having won three and finished second in two of her five omnium events leading up to last night’s points race, she held a commanding position anyway. But she finished the job with consummate professionalism, marking her nearest rivals Jolien D’Hoore (Belgium) and Sarah Hammer (US), shutting down any danger with ease.

She finished with 230 points, 24 more than Hammer, meaning the former Welwyn Wheeler could have given a lap away at the end and still won. At the end she ran over to celebrate with her parents in the stands before breaking down in tears on the BBC. “I can’t believe it,” she said. “I don’t want to cry on camera. I did not expect that at all and I’m just so happy that it all came together. “You think of people like Sir Chris Hoy who come and do it time and time again, so to repeat my success in London, I honestly can’t explain what I’m going through right now, I am so, so happy.” One stressful insane hour later, she was in floods of tears again. This time in the arms of Kenny. 11:49PM British Cycling president hails Kenny Bob Howden, the British Cycling president, has said everybody involved in the sport in Britain should take pride in Jason Kenny’s historic sixth Olympic title. “To see Jason write his name into the history books by winning a sixth Olympic title is a proud moment for everyone involved with British Cycling," Howden said.

Jason Kenny celebrates his sixth gold medal with partner Laura Trott (left) after Katy Marchant and Rebecca James (top right) won bronze and silver in the women's sprint “Jason started out at one of our Go-Ride clubs, and throughout his journey to becoming Britain’s joint most successful Olympian, has shown enormous talent, determination and a ruthless ability to perform to his best on the biggest stage. “At only 28, he has time on his side, and we are sure he will continue to make us and the country proud in the years to come.” Graham Leeke, a former coach of Kenny's at Eastlands Velo CC, added: “All the coaches who worked with him during his younger days are very proud of his achievements, and I know that the same would be true of our former head coach Alan Mason, who passed away a few years ago. “We saw his potential straight away and we are delighted that he’s fulfilled this potential on the biggest stage.” 11:34PM Kenny: I'm floating Jason Kenny has admitted that he turned up at the velodrome today in a funny mood. The often shy rider said it was particularly odd because he was 'happy'.

11:04PM JASON KENNY WINS KEIRIN FINAL Wow, just wow. What nerve, what drama and what a win for the 28 year-old Boltonian. After getting off to a nervy looking opening lap after the derny bike had peeled off the track, the German world champion took the race on from the front, but Jason Kenny kept his cool before going over the top of the field at bend three and opening his legs up in the final straight to take an historic gold medal. 11:02PM History repeating Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) follows the derny, Fabian Puerta (Colombia) is second wheel with Jason Kenny (Team GB) third. Matthijs Büchli (Holland) is fourth, Damian Zielinski (Poland) fifth and world champion Joachim Eilers (Germany) coming up the rear. 11:01PM Here we go again, again ... Nobody has been booted out and we're about to start the keirin final for the third time tonight.

11:00PM Chaos reigns in the velodrome One of the race commissaires was just spotted talking to all the team coaches in the track centre but, as yet, there has been no announcement about any disqualifications. 10:56PM Lunacy ... there's been a second overlap Joachim Eilers (Germany) appeared to overtake the derny before it had got off the track and Damian Zielinski (Poland) wasn't too far behind. This is incredibly tense and now its the time of the German coach to argue his case for the world champion to stay in the race. The 10o'clock News will soon become the 11o'clock news at this rate.. #keirin 10:54PM Calm before the storm Fabian Puerta (Colombia) leads the six riders with Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) on second wheel and Jason Kenny (Team GB) tucked in behind him. Matthijs Büchli (Holland) is fourth, Damian Zielinski (Poland) fifth and Joachim Eilers (Germany) in sixth spot. 10:52PM Here we go again ...

The derny rider is back out on the boards and, hopefully, we don't need to go through all that again. 10:51PM Huge sigh of relief for Kenny ... The race commissaires have given Jason Kenny (Team GB) and Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) the all clear to race. The men's keirin final will be back under way in a few moments. 10:49PM Dyer times ... Iain Dyer, the British Cycling head coach, is on his walkie-talkie while staring at his computer. We're guessing he's talking to race commissaires, but as I said I'm guessing, he may be ordering pizzas. Who knows? 10:46PM All quiet in the velodrome ... The judges are deep in discussion s they wait to make a decision. Jason Kenny's (Team GB) race here is in the balance. 10:44PM Drama in the velodrome! In their overeagerness to get the sprint under way both Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) and Jason Kenny (Team GB) passed the derny bike. That, as I'm sure you know, is illegal.

The race will have to be restarted, but in all honesty I've never seen this before and I'm not too sure if anybody will be reprimanded for overtaking the motorised bike. I'm guessing somebody could be disqualified. 10:41PM And they're off! Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia), as is often the case, takes the lead immediately behind the derny bike while Jason Kenny (Team GB) appears comfortable on third wheel. 10:39PM The final countdown ... The men's keirin final, the last race in the velodrome at this year's Olympic Games, is about to get under way. Jason Kenny (Team GB), Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia), Matthijs Büchli (Holland), Joachim Eilers (Germany), Damian Zielinski (Poland) and Fabian Puerta (Colombia) will soon be going wheel-to-wheel, but all British eyes will be on the 28 year-old Boltonian who can go level with Sir Chris Hoy who has six gold medals on his palmarès if he manages to beat this world-class field of keirin riders.

10:34PM Kenny on hold for now The men's keirin final has been delayed after Matthew Glaetzer (Australia) crashed in the minor final - basically the race for 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th places. Imaging having to race this one! 10:28PM Almost Jason Kenny time Next up is the keirin final which will be contested by Jason Kenny (Team GB), Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia), Matthijs Büchli (Holland), Joachim Eilers (Germany), Damian Zielinski (Poland) and Fabian Puerta (Colombia). Just in case you're not too sure what the keirin is, here's something I prepared earlier: The keirin is an eight-lap track race featuring six riders that is unique in as much as there are seven bikes out on the boards. The seventh, though, is not pedal-powered but instead a motorbike, or derny.

Six riders follow a derny bike in the keirin race Credit: GETTY IMAGES The race is favoured by strong sprinters, but requires cunning and bravery once the fast-paced race reaches its climatic conclusion. The derny starts the race with the six riders sitting in its slipstream as it gradually winds up the pace to around 50kph before, with two and a half laps to go it peels off the track to allow the riders to duel it out. But why the Derny? Without its assistance it would be near impossible for the riders to reach such high speeds over two and a half laps. 10:22PM Women's sprint final: James vs Vogel #2 Kristina Vogel (Germany) managed to win the second race to seal her second successive Olympic gold medal in the women's sprint despite her saddle snapping off in the final straight. Incredible stuff. Brilliant ride, though, from Rebecca James (Team GB) who has now won two silver medals in Rio within a matter of days. Vogel 2 James 0.

10:18PM Women's sprint final: James vs Vogel #2 There was a slight delay to this second match in the women's sprint race - not sure why - but reigning champion Kristina Vogel (Germany) and Rebecca James (Team GB) are out on the boards right now. 10:14PM Women's sprint bronze medal race: Marchant vs Ligtlee #2 Katy Marchant wins another medal for Great Britain after the young Yorkshirewoman threw her bike towards the finish line and dipped, Mark Cavendish-esque, beyond the Dutchwoman. Not a bad Olympic debut for the 23 year-old. Marchant 2 Ligtlee 0. 10:11PM Women's sprint bronze medal race: Marchant vs Ligtlee #2 Can Katy Marchant (Team GB) win bronze? She leads this best-of-three medal race against the keirin Olympic champion Elis Ligtlee (Holland). They're out on the boards now ...

Video highlights from Trott's latest success Watch | Laura Trott storms to victory in the women's omnium 00:24 9:56PM Women's sprint final: James vs Vogel #1 Rebecca James (Team GB) led the way and ramped the pace up with around one and a half laps to go before, 250 metres out, both riders were shoulder-to-shoulder until the final straight when the German's experience came to the fore. Vogel 1 James 0. Women's sprint final: James vs Vogel #1 And they're off! 9:52PM Women's sprint bronze medal race: Marchant vs Ligtlee #1 Katy Marchant (Team GB) was the first rider over the finishing line, but appeared to go outside the sprinters' line in the final 100 metres. As it stands its Marchant 1 Ligtlee 0. Women's sprint bronze medal race: Marchant vs Ligtlee #1 And they're off! 9:49PM Improved medal haul for the Trott and Kenny household ... "I can't believe it, I did not expect that at all.

I'm just so happy," said a tearful Laura Trott in her post-race interview with Jill Douglas. "It has all come together - what a day. I'm literally over the moon. "It's down also to the backroom team who have put up with me being stroppy at times. To be able to repeat my London success - I just can't explain what I'm feeling right now." 9:41PM LAURA TROTT WINS ANOTHER OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL Quite easily in the end. Laura Trott (Team GB) has just become the most successful British Olympian of all time after adding a fourth gold medal to her glittering palmarès. 9:39PM 10 laps to go Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium), Kirsten Wild (Holland) and Sarah Hammer (USA) attacked off the front of the chasing group but the trio were quickly closed down by Laura Trott (Team GB). The British rider is going to win a fourt Olympic gold medal in around one minute.

9:37PM 20 laps to go: Trott in total control Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) adds another five points to her tally with just 20 laps to go. Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) was second; Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba) third and Lauren Ellis (New Zealand) nicked the final point. The British rider leads the women's omnium by 29 points! 9:34PM Just 30 laps to go ... Lauren Ellis (New Zealand) has just led a three-rider break featuring Xiao Juan Diao (Hong Kong) over the seventh sprint. Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium) clipped off the front of the bunch, where Laura Trott (Team GB) is sat safely, to add a single point to her tally. 9:31PM Trott extends her lead again ... Laura Trott (Team GB) wins the sixth sprint of the night to edge ever closer to a fourth Olympic gold medal of her career. I think all the rest are now just scrapping over podium places.

9:28PM Trott on track for gold Tatsiana Sharakova(Belarus) has won the fifth sprint ahead of Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) and Laura Trott (Team GB). The Briton is looking nippy out there and I think, barring disaster, she's going to win gold tonight. 9:25PM 55 laps to go Those five riders have managed to lap the field, but at hasn't had a major impact on the podium standings. As it stands Laura Trott (Team GB) leads Sarah Hammer (USA) by 24 points. The whole field out there is in pieces and it's getting quite difficult to monitor who's where in the race. 9:23PM Marking each other out A group of five, unfancied, riders have gone off the front which again suits Laura Trott (Team GB) down to the ground. The Briton can simply sit on the wheel of Sarah Hammer (USA) who is desperate to chase the quartet. Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium), too, is in the group with Trott and Hammer but nobody is willing to chase.

9:19PM Hammer wins second sprint in omnium points race Sarah Hammer (USA) wins the second sprint to add five points to her overall tally and go up into second lace ahaed of Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium) who took second palce. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) was third while Laura Trott (Team GB) finished fourth to add another point to her total. The Briton now leads the competition by 22 points. 9:16PM Trott extends her lead at first sprint of 10 Anna Knauer (Germany), Xiaoling Luo (China) and Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba) were allowed to go off the front of the bunch which suited Laura Trott (Team GB) perfectly as none of that trio are threatening to break onto the podium. However, around one lap from the first sprint the Briton opened her legs up a little and clipped off the front before scooping up the final point on offer to extend her lead in the women's omnium. And the points race is under way ... I wonder if JK Rowling is watching?

Don't you DARE tell me Quidditch is hard to understand #pointsrace #cycling #Olympics 9:08PM Points make prizes ... but will Trott win gold? Laura Trott (Team GB) is just minutes away from getting her points race under way, the sixth and final race of the women's omnium competition. The 24 year-old has looked almost unbeatable here in Rio over the last couple of days, but can she win a fourth Olympic gold medal of her career tonight? She doesn't actually need to win the race to pick up her second gold of the 2016 Games and can, in fact, afford to ride a fairly conservative race. 9:00PM Eilers wins second keirin semi Joachim Eilers (Germany), Damian Zielinski (Poland) and Fabian Puerta (Colombia) go through to the keirin final while two-time world champion François Pervis's (France) disappointing Games continues. 8:54PM Kenny strolls through to the final With two laps to go Jason Kenny (Team GB) rode over the bunch before simply dropping the small pack. That. Was. Ridiculous.

The five-time Olympic champion just left Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) et al looking pedestrian. Kenny is now just one race away from winning a sixth gold medal. Kenny will be joined by Matthijs Büchli (Holland) and Buchli and Awang in the race for gold later tonight. 8:50PM Here we go ... Azizulhasni Awang, the entertaining Malaysian keirin specialist, wastes little time in getting on the wheel of the derny with Jason Kenny (Team GB) riding second wheel before all hell breaks loose ... 8:48PM Here's Kenny ... Jason Kenny (Team GB), the five-time Olympic gold medal winner, is about to go wheel-to-wheel with his rivals in the, rather baffling, keirin. But what is the keirin? 8:45PM Women's sprint semi-final: Marchant vs Vogel #2 As predicted, Katy Marchant (Team GB) will face Elis Ligtlee (Holland) in the race for bronze after she was easily beaten by the reigning Olympic champion. No shame in that. Vogel 2 Marchant 0.

8:41PM Women's sprint semi-final: Marchant vs Vogel #2 Can Katy Marchant join team-mate Rebecca James in the final? She needs to win this race and the next one in order to progress, if she loses to the German she will face Elis Ligtlee (Holland) in the race for bronze. 8:40PM Women's sprint semi-final: James vs Ligtlee #2 This time around it's Elis Ligtlee (Holland) that take the lead from the gun while Rebecca James (Team GB) marks the Dutchwoman closely before overhauling her and just riding her off her wheel. Crikey, that just looked easy. James is in the sprint final and guaranteed another Olympic medal . James 2 Ligtlee 0. Women's sprint semi-final: James vs Ligtlee #2 And they're off. 8:34PM Trott extends her lead Laura Trott (Team GB) took to the boards and was given a rousing reception. The tiny rider was pushing a huge gear and managed to set a new fastest time of 13.708sec while extending her lead in the women's omnium. Can the Briton be stopped?

8:32PM Hammer fails to nail it Sarah Hammer (USA) could only manage fourth fastest on the night and there are just two rider to follow - Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium) and Laura Trott (Team GB) 8:28PM The flying Frenchwoman Marlies Mejias Garcia (Cuba), Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark), Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus), Lauren Ellis (New Zealand) and Laurie Berthon (France) have all now completed and the Frenchwoman has now set the fastest time of 13.903sec, the first sub-14sec ride of the evening. 8:23PM New flying lap leader ... for now Mei Yu Hsiao(Taiwan), Allison Beveridge (Canada) and Anna Knauer (Germany) clock times of 14.532sec, 14.140sec and 14.447sec with the Canadian rider having the fastest time so far this evening. However, we're now about to dip into the top 10 riders in the competition so I fully expect some faster times from these women.

8:08PM Women's sprint semi-final: Marchant vs Vogel #1 With a lap and a half to go the reigning Olympic champion Kristina Vogel (Germany) rode over the top of Katy Marchant (Team GB) before going for a long one. Marchant stood no chance. Vogel 1 Marchant 0. Women's sprint semi-final: Marchant vs Vogel #1 And they're off! 8:06PM Women's sprint semi-final: James vs Ligtlee #1 Rebecca James (Team GB) led out from the off and with a lap and a half to go took the sprint up with a long one. The Dutchwoman attempted to close the Welshwoman down, but had left it too late. James 1 Ligtlee 0. Women's sprint semi-final: James vs Ligtlee #1 And they're off! 8:01PM Women's sprint semi-final: James vs Ligtlee #1 Ooops, looks like I got the order of the sprinters's semi-finals out of whack. The first race is Rebecca James (Team GB) vs Elis Ligtlee (Holland).

There are plenty of Union flags on show in the velodrome this evening and as James and Ligtlee take their places on the starting line Katy Marchant (Team GB) and Kristina Vogel (Germany) complete their warm-ups on the rollers. Game on! 7:55PM Meares tweets! I would like to clarify that I never said or insinuated that #TeamGB are cheating or doing anything suspicious! pic.twitter.com/CjIa7vvWjd 7:50PM 10-minute countdown ... We are now just 10 minutes away from tonight's action which gets under way when Katy Marchant, the 23 year-old Yorkshire rider making her Olympic debut in Rio, goes up against reigning Olympic champion Kristina Vogel (Germany) in the women's sprint semi-final. In the other semi-final Rebecca James (Team GB) faces Elis Ligtlee (Holland), who pipped the Briton to victory in last week's keirin final. By the way, if you are new to the track the races are in a best-of-three format. What an exciting prospect we have here; Britain could very well have an all-British final, or all-British race for bronze.

Who knows? I'm going for James vs Vogel in the final, Vogel to win that and Ligtlee to win bronze. 7:32PM Going for gold ... again If Laura Trott can win the omnium tonight and her fiancé Jason Kenny claims a third gold medal of these Games in the keirin, they will have 10 gold medals (and a silver) between them to store in the sock drawer of their Cheshire home. It would be a phenomenal achievement for a couple who are still only 24 and 28 respectively. But then, nothing would surprise where Trott and Kenny are concerned . 7:28PM British Cycling hit back at Vogel and Meares Tome Cary, Telegraph Cycling Correspondent, has just been speaking to British Cycling head coach Iain Dyer who spent most of the conversation defending his squad's performances after German sprinter Kristina Vogel's accusatory comments (see below post). Here's the full transcript: "Our performance at the worlds wasn’t too shabby. We’ve won 12 world titles since London 2012. If that makes us cannon fodder coming into the Olympics then so be it.

If you look at some of the times that have been done here, some of the teams simply haven’t shown up. That’s the bottom line. I don’t want to cite specific examples but you can all trawl through the times for World Cups and World Championships. Some of the people here are not even performing at the level of World Championships." Such as Vogel? "I won’t go into specifics. It’s important that every athlete who comes to the Olympics takes responsibility for their own performance. They have every right to prioritise whichever event they choose to focus on in the course of the year or four years. This is our priority. I think our performances demonstrate that." And what about the funding model? "We do have interim targets that relate to world championship performances in Olympic events. But this is unquestionably the big one. The funding we’ll achieve in the next cycle going forward to Tokyo will be determined over the results we gain here. In fact, our Tokyo strategy has already been submitted to UK Sport." [Held back new kit?] "That’s a really good point. While we peak athletically for the Olympics, we also peak in our research and innovation for the Olympics.

I think if you have a little look round, an experienced eye will tell you… The helmets we are using here for example, we used in 2012 but haven’t used them since 2012 until now. “The bikes obviously are new, the first time. And no end of different components and strategies are only appearing for the first time. "But suits is an obvious one, when you look at our opposition, generally once you’ve seen them at the Olympics with their new kit, you go to the next World Cup and they are still on the same equipment as here. That’s just not the way we approach things. We go back to the hard yards. We build our foundation for the next Olympics." Do British Cycling just have more money? “That’s not true. Absolutely not true. Talk about the funding we benefit from UK Sport, that’s our governing body-wide funding and a lot placed into participation, recreation. We heard yesterday we hit 125,000 members at British Cycling now. We were roughly 10,000 at the Sydney Olympics 16 years ago so that’s huge growth in the sport.

Some efforts are better funded than others globally but I know a few federations that are funded purely on cycle-sport and would appear to be better funded than we are. I don’t want to go into examples. So you're not the best funded? “I don’t believe we are. We know enough to know other federations are better funded. [£30m from UK Sport?] We aren’t £30m. It sounds vaguely right but that’s for the entire British Cycling as an organisation cross the board. Is the questioning offensive? “If what I am hearing is true, yes, it is. It’s a shame. I can only point to the fact you can look at athletes here who are simply not at their best, not at their best of the last four years, not at their best this year. Look at Katie in our first heat quarter-final, up in turn two, second lap, and slipping underneath [her opponent] and making that move and going for it, no skin suit, no bike, no funding determines that at that moment she determines to go. That’s the race winning move and it’s just good coaching and a good athlete. You can be on any bike you like." And what about Callum Skinner's performance?

"He finished fifth at the world championships and we know that the man three was in there but we just had to get him on. There’s been a huge amount of work invested in his start. That hard work paid off. We always knew he was fast enough when we got him there. He ranked tenth as man three in London? He qualified well in London in the flying 200. The best stat – have a look at the world champs at 500m and we were the fastest team in the world. In the last four years, I suspect we haven’t been out of the top three at 500m in any world level event." Are there parallels with Team Sky? “Around track centre, I think we get a lot of admiration for what we do. People who understand admire the way we go about it. I think Justin put it the best. He has worked with all nine guys who were up on the podium. Other teams think they are looking at the same things that we are looking at to the extent we are, but now he is on our side of the fence he sees that we do it better and do it in more forensic detail and get better outcomes." And what about Anna Meares' comments?

“I think any athlete moments after coming down from not achieving what they targeted or dreamt of achieving is understandably going to be disappointed about that. I have no gripes with Anna. She’s a remarkable athlete and been an absolute torchbearer for cycling and women’s track cycling. She’s been the consummate pro. Hopefully on reflection she can just see that we are all just trying our hardest and doing a great job. “Where we end up is a function of us achieving our best possible performances and where the rest of the world are in the mix. We could have come here in exactly the same form and running fourth all the way through. And while we would not be happy with an outcome like that, we would at least know we have given it our best shot. We are still in that position, but out in front in a lot of events. Which is a nice place to be and I don’t get too het up about others, about what they think. It’s easy to give you a headline ..." 7:10PM Vogel questions Team GB success Evening all and welcome to our live rolling blog from the final session from the velodrome.

It should be a cracker, but before we start looking at what's on the menu, Tom Cary, our man in Rio, has filed this brief update in which German sprinter Kristina Vogel, who will race Team GB's Katy Marchant shortly, has decided to follow the lead of the French men who last week bemoaned the British squad's phenomenal success in the velodrome ... After the French raised questions regarding the stunning performances by British track riders last week, there is further disgruntlement at the velodrome this morning with Vogel describing the ongoing British success as "questionable". “I don’t want to make any allegations about anyone, but it is questionable. They all come at such a level – I have no idea how they do that,” she said, according to sport1.de . “Of course we wonder about it, they were to an extent cannon fodder [between Games]. I don’t know, if maybe they don’t train those three years. They must be doing something right.” There is also a lot of head-scratching Down Under, with Australian sprint great Anna Meares admitting in the Sydney Morning Herald that British dominance of Rio's velodrome was causing a certain amount of angst in their camp.

"The British are just phenomenal when it comes to the Olympic Games, and we're all just scratching our heads going 'how do they lift so much when in so many events they have not even been in contention in the world championships?'" said the double Olympic champion. 7:00PM As it stands ... Laura Trott (Team GB), the defending Olympic champion, extended her lead at the top of the women's omnium earlier today after posting the second fastest time in the two-lap time trial. After four of the six events the Briton is 12 points ahead of Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium) and 16 better off than Sarah Hammer (USA).

Question: For which individual cycling event did Laura Trott receive a gold medal?
Answer: Women's Omnium